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HOUSTON HAPPY HOUR AHEAD
Volume IV
NAVY WIVES CLUB
Service Ladies Asked To Join
To Married Men:
The Long Beach Chapter of the
~ avy Wives Club extends a cordial in­vita~
ion to all Navy Wives in Long
Beach or vicinity to attend their meet­ings,
especially while the ships are
away. There is a social meeting every
Tuesday night at eight o'clock and on
Friday afternoons the sewing group
meets at one o'clock.
Bridge classes will be formed for
beginners during the cruise. The Club
meets at 416 Pine Avenue in the Serv­ice
Men's Club rooms.
The wife of every enlisted man in
the Long Beach area should be a
member of the Navy Wives Club.
Married men on this ship are urged
to write their wives and encourage
them to attend the Club meetings
while they are away. No wife needs to
be lonely when there is a fine club
of women organized with the sole ob­ject
of promoting friendships among
Navy wives, and being of mutual help
one to another. " Sisters in the Serv­ice"
is their motto.
Have your wife come to the next
meeting and get acquainted. We need
her help, and sometime we may serve
you.
/ s/ Mrs. David Neal.
...... Secretary
SEEN IN THE U. S. S. VINCINNES
" PIONEER"
" When baseball call goes one of the
infield candidates will be Dave Hurley
former HOUSTON star trying out for
his favorite position at third base."
The Blue Bonnet wishes him a suc­cessful
year.
At sea, 17 April 1937
* * * * * * * * * * * •
HOUSTON YACHTSMEN WIN
On Saturday, April 10, and again
on the following Monday and Tuesday,
the HOUSTON'S sailing whaleboat,
m: m.. ed by members of the ship's
c.> mp. my, tied with the U. S. S. PORT­LAND'S
canvas experts on earned
points in a series of three sailing rac­es
in the experimental whaleboat
group. In the first race the HOUSTON
boat finished in the show position.
Lvidently our yachters profited by
that experience- the second and third
events were a different story. These
doughty racing men took no white
water from anyone and copped first
place in both races.
Tni3 is the way the thrilling races
were run: The HOUSTON took third,
.. rso, and first positions respectively
on each of the three days. The PORT­LAND
knocked over a first and two
secont! places. In the first contest the
HOUSTON'S boat came in third, the
PORTLAND'S craft being first and
the ASTORIA'S second. In the sec­ond
and third races the HOUSTON'S
entry, quite cleverly handled, cros­sed
the finish line first, followed by
the PORTLAND and ASTORIA in
that order. In the third race it wasn't
u · til the last stretch of the last leg
that the Rambler Ship's yachtsmen
managed to put their little boat in
the lead where it remained until the
line was well under her keel. This gave
the HOUSTON and the PORTLAND
each 11 points to tie for first place. It
has since been decided to give both
ships 25 points toward the General
Excellency Trophy ( Iron Man).
-- ( Continued on Page 4.)
umber XVI
Hawaiian Fete Planned
Who's going to be the masked hula
dancer? W her e did that " Bing
Crosby" come from? Who will win the
rope- climbing contest? These and
many other questions are being asked
as plans for the HOUSTON Hawaiian
Happy Hour reach a more mature
stage. Those of you who have seen
Ridge's preconception of a scene at
Honolulu as it materialized in the
port hangar should have something of
an idea of the complete atmosphere
which will surround the show. Res­ponse
from the crew has been more
than gratifying in the offering of help,
except that a need for appropriate
skits is still felt.
A rope- climbing contest will take
place during the evening's entertain­ment,
the length of climb will be from
the well deck to the catapults, entries
will be taken from volunteers in the
audience, all comers will be welcome,
and a worthwhile prize will be offered
to the best climbs. Exhibition wrestl­ing
will also be included and Well­bourne
promises to promote some
bouts that will be of interest to all,
even the contestants. All of you bath­room
tenors had better brush up on
your old favorites, too, because the
evening's program will be concluded
with a regular old song fest with
which we hope to wake up Mauna Loa.
Those taking part in the evening of
fun are requested to spend this week
at sea in preparing their acts for one
of the biggest happy hours the ship
has ever seen. Don't forget that al­most
everyone will be aboard to enjoy
it--- and we want no need for a movie
tn " fill out" the program.